GAME, SET AND MATCH FOR TORIES AS THEY SCORE SERIES OF STUNNING COUNCIL POLL WINS

                                                

Did I really win? Georgia Astbury (19) can scarcely she has won the contest in Immingham 

CONSERVATIVES have tightened their control on North East Lincolnshire Council with a series of stunning results in Thursday's local elections.

They now have 31 of the 42 seats on the council compared with eight for Labour and three for Lib-Dems - incredible considering the  long years when the latter two held sway.

Not all the seats were up for grabs, but of the 14, they held four and gained eight - including one in erstwhile Labour strongholds such as South ward in Grimsby and Sidney Sussex in Cleethorpes.

And now they also hold all three seats in the Immingham ward.

The Lib-Dems lost a seat in Park ward, but at least they comfortably held on to two in East Marsh.

For Labour it was a  disaster - the party failed to notch up a single success.

Democracy also fared badly, with a turn-out of just 24.9 per cent - reflecting widespread apathy to local government.                                              

NELC's Conservative leader Cllr Philip Jackson in jubilant mood as he fields questions from a local radio reporter 

Croft Baker

Graham Reynolds, Conservative - 1,083

Kathryn Wheatley, Labour - 723

Roy Horobin, Lib Dem - 407

Jill Parkinson, Freedom Alliance - 88

Julian Best, TUSC - 34

East Marsh

Kay Rudd, Lib Dem - 788

Nicola Aisthorpe, Lib Dem - 671

Karl Quibell, Labour - 211

Catherine Hogan, Conservative - 195

Lee Coulbeck, Independent - 159

Billy Dasein, Independent - 159

Freshney

Tanya Brasted, Conservative - 1,105

Cliff Barber, Labour - 758

Tim Shaw, Freedom Alliance - 41

Daryl Clifford, TUSC - 36

Haverstoe

Bill Parkinson, Conservative - 2,094

Ian Rodwell, Labour - 519

Katie Teakle, Lib Dem - 247

Phil Tuplin, TUSC - 54

Heneage

Mark Smith, Conservative - 931

Emma Clough, Labour - 734

Adam Driver, Lib Dem - 73

Dave Bolton, TUSC - 64

Trevor Francis, Freedom Alliance - 57

Humberston and New Waltham

Hayden Dawkins, Conservative - 2,242

Ian Townsend, Labour - 553

Warren Jolly, Freedom Alliance - 97

Dave Mitchell, TUSC - 38

Immingham

Georgia Astbury, Conservative - 1,144

Dave Watson, Labour - 721

Dan Turner, Independent - 273

Dave Barton, Independent - 211

Nathan Newton, TUSC -– 29

Park

Daniel Westcott, Conservative - 1,444

Kevin Shutt, Labour - 676

David De Freitas, Lib Dem - 450

Angela Greenfield, TUSC - 68

Tony Blake, Ukip - 57

Neil Lobley, Freedom Alliance - 39

Scartho

Charlotte Croft, Conservative - 1,739

Ron Shepherd, Conservative - 1,578

Robson Augusta, Labour - 740

Jim Slattery, Independent - 187

Val Pow, TUSC - 103

John Stockton, Ukip - 99

Natalie Woods, Freedom Alliance - 88

Sidney Sussex

Brian Robinson, Conservative - 790

Gaynor Rogers, Labour - 618

Les Bonner, Lib Dem - 74

Angela Smith, Freedom Alliance - 92

Mark Gee, TUSC – 47

South

Paul Batson, Conservative - 628

Sheldon Mills, Labour - 533

Jane Bramley, Ukip - 126

Loyd Emmerson, Independent - 112

Val O'Flynn, TUSC - 13